Chapter 885

In the middle of the lake stood a pavilion.

Above the lake's surface, two people stood steadily upon the water.

The distance between the two was neither far nor close.

Yet both had their eyes closed, leaving onlookers utterly baffled.

"Eh? What is this…"

Yin Zhong saw the two and could not help but show a trace of admiration on his face.

"Ah! Can Jian!"

Hearing Fusu recognized one of them at a glance.

Was this not the very person who had appeared earlier atop the Qinglong Summit, when the Four-Dragon Head Senior Xiaoyaozi gave a public demonstration?

The supreme Mythical Realm master who had appeared within the otherworldly vision, charging into Qin Wang's palace alongside a woman — Can Jian!

"Oh? So this is Can Jian?"

Hearing Ying Zheng and the others had also heard Hearing Fusu mention Can Jian before.

They knew this person, together with Miss Feixue, the two of them with their two swords, had charged into Qin Wang's palace.

Toward such a ferocious assassin, Hearing Ying Zheng felt some distaste.

After all, no imperial power would ever favor such challengers — or rather, destroyers — of order.

"Exactly!"

Hearing Fusu nodded immediately and said.

"Then who is the other person?"

Li Si found it strange: if Can Jian and Miss Feixue were both there, why did he only see Can Jian, and not Miss Feixue?

Instead he saw another man, facing off against Can Jian upon the mirror-like surface of the lake?

"I don't know either…"

Hearing Fusu gave a wry smile.

When he had observed that otherworld back then, he had only caught a fleeting glimpse.

He had barely seen Can Jian and Miss Feixue charge into Qin Wang's palace.

Then, within Qin Wang's palace, the fearless Qin Army had surged forward wave after wave, forming battle arrays to meet the attack.

Just as the battle reached its climax, the vision abruptly cut off.

"Then what are they doing?"

Wei Liaozi's cultivation was ordinary, and he could not help but ask.

"They are fighting with their minds."

Yin Zhong spoke up at this moment to answer,

"Who would have thought that a mere mid-stage supreme Mythical Realm cultivator, one who focuses on the sword Dao no less,

could temper his mind through the sword Dao to reach such a state,

that the two of them could actually wage battle within their minds."

So it was a battle of minds!

For the civil and military officials of Great Qin present, this was a rather novel term.

Although none of them knew exactly what a battle of minds was, from Yin Zhong's words alone they could tell it was no simple matter.

"Then may I ask Master Yin — should we wait for them to finish their battle before making a move? Or should we seize and slay them right now?"

Meng Wu was somewhat impatient at this point.

The Great Qin imperial court valued military merit above all else.

Without merit, one could not receive rewards or be ennobled!

The Qinglong Society's mission was clearly a tremendous merit.

Although Meng Wu himself did not possess supreme Mythical Realm cultivation, he commanded the Golden Flame Cavalry, one of Great Qin's three elite forces.

And present were the very top combat forces of Great Qin!

As long as one was the first to charge in, there would surely be merit to claim.

Hence he was rather impatient at this moment.

The other civil and military officials, the various masters of the Hundred Schools, also had their eyes light up upon hearing this.

One after another they began rubbing their fists and palms, ready to charge in.

As if the two before them were not supreme Mythical Realm grandmasters who had reached the level of mind-clash combat,

but rather foes to be cut down at will in exchange for merit points!

"Eee-yah…"

Just at this moment, a sound of a guqin drifted over from that world.

Can Jian and the other man, who had been standing facing each other, suddenly opened their eyes.

The next instant, a terrifying sword-light burst forth from each of their eyes.

Once the sword-light left their eyes, it seemed to transform into two long swords.

It directly pierced the calm lake surface, sending up Xiao Jingtian waves!

The mirror-like lake was split in two by the sword-light at once.

Then the two sword-lights clashed together, erupting in an even more terrifying brilliance.

Even though Great Qin was separated from that place by an entire world,

the terrifying sound and momentum still caused many of the Great Qin high officials present to change color.

Only then did they realize that a casual strike from a supreme Mythical Realm master

No, this was no casual strike — it was merely a sword-light that shot from his eyes.

Just this, and yet it possessed such terrifying power!

Everyone present could not help but ask themselves whether they could have survived that flash of sword-light by sheer luck.

For most of them, the answer was a disheartening one!

It seems the Supreme Mythical Realm truly is the realm of supreme divine might!

"Th-this-this — this is the might of a Supreme Mythical Realm master?"

Li Si had actually never before witnessed with his own eyes just how astonishing the destructive power of a Supreme Mythical Realm master could be.

Wang Ben, hearing this, said,

"No! An ordinary Supreme Mythical Realm master likely wouldn't have this kind of strength.

These two, if they were in the Nine Provinces, would not be mere Supreme Mythical Realm masters — they would be ones capable of making it onto the Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao Combat Power Ceiling Board!"

Hiss…

The crowd once again drew in a collective sharp breath.

The Nine Provinces Heavenly Dao Combat Power Ceiling Board is also commonly called the Heavenly Dao Gold Board.

It is a list only the absolute strongest sliver of combatants in the Nine Provinces can ascend.

Those who make the list are without exception prodigies of stunning brilliance, blessed with constant extraordinary encounters, or backed by great powers.

Every single one of them is enough to become a National Guardian!

Yet Great Qin today has not even a single pair of hands' worth of people on the list!

And now these two swordsmen from another world actually possess Heavenly Dao Gold Board-level strength?

Just as the crowd was puzzling over this, on the mirror-like lake, the splashing waters had already stilled.

The Broken Sword and that man had already begun to fight.

Both were sword-users, and both their sword arts were terrifyingly fearsome.

Every thrust of the sword was not only exquisitely brilliant, but could also stir up countless threads of Heaven and Earth Prime Force.

Thus every single sword drew shriek after shriek of astonishment from the assembled civil and military officials of Great Qin.

One couldn't really blame them for being so unsophisticated.

Although, with the successive emergence of the Nine Provinces Combat Power Ceiling Board and the Nine Provinces Hundred Flowers Board,

Supreme Mythical Realm masters have increasingly revealed themselves before the world.

It was as if Supreme Mythical Realm masters had tumbled down from the lofty heights of Lin Yunduan into the mortal realm.

But in truth, how many people under heaven had truly ever seen a Supreme Mythical Realm master fight at full strength?